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Wed, Apr 17, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 1, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 90% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL0611206020126
DAL010013110041237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 17:19STLRobert ThomasAssists: Zachary Bolduc, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 5:11DALMason MarchmentAssists: Matt Duchene, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jason Robertson scored
  2. 2. STL Brayden Schenn stopped
  3. 3. DAL Matt Duchene stopped
  4. 4. STL Jordan Kyrou stopped
  5. 5. DAL Joe Pavelski stopped
  6. 6. STL Robert Thomas stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:53STLTyler Tucker: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 13:25DALEvgenii Dadonov: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 2:37STLScott Perunovich: Slashing2 min
  4. OT 3:30STLScott Perunovich: Holding2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Thomas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
26Shots on goal37
2.7Expected goals6.0
47Shot attempts79
19Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
28Hits11
15Blocked shots10
9Giveaways10
7Takeaways8

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSaad – Buchnevich – Kyrou12:19

    xG 1.12–0.73 (61%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Kapanen – Toropchenko11:06

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Thomas – Bolduc12:42

    xG 0.14–0.61 (19%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  4. Walker – Blais – Dean8:57

    xG 0.20–1.01 (17%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Tucker10:32

    xG 0.61–0.47 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Kessel17:40

    xG 0.68–1.53 (31%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Perunovich18:19

    xG 0.16–1.22 (12%)attempts 7–23goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Stankoven – Johnston9:49

    xG 1.12–0.38 (75%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Faksa – Steel7:30

    xG 0.96–0.30 (76%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Duchene – Marchment11:22

    xG 0.58–0.20 (74%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson12:45

    xG 0.53–0.63 (46%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Tanev4:36

    xG 0.99–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Lindell8:00

    xG 0.88–0.14 (86%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Harley11:54

    xG 0.61–0.29 (68%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

DAL 6.0 xGSTL 2.7 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #874 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 90% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

Simulated goal difference (DAL − STL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).